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JOHNNY RAY SALLING
Republican, District 6, Baltimore County
Member of Senate since January 14, 2015. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2019- (public safety, transportation & environment subcommittee, 2019, 2021-; health & human services subcommittee, 2020; pensions subcommittee, 2023-); Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2019-; Protocol Committee, 2019-; Spending Affordability Committee, 2021-; Joint Committee on Gaming Oversight, 2023-. Member, Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight, 2015-16; Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2015-18 (environment subcommittee, 2015-18); Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2015-22; Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2019-20; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2023. Member, Maryland Military Installation Legislative Caucus, 2017-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2018- (senate executive board, 2022-).
Member, Reform-on-Tap Task Force, Office of Comptroller of Maryland, 2017; Two-Generation Family Economic Security Commission, 2017-18; Work Group on Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Commercial Spaces, 2021; State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders, 2023-.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1961. Attended Sparrows Point High School, Baltimore, Maryland. Served in U.S. Army, 1979-81 (combat engineer). Steel worker, LaFarge of North America. Alternate delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2020. Member, United Steelworkers of America. Member, Moose Lodge no. 1228, Dundalk. Deacon, Calvary Baptist Church of Dundalk. Five children, two grandchildren.
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